News from March 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SHIMEKA MILTON-FLAX, age 36, of Hammond was sentenced today after previously pleading guilty to preparing fraudulent tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Criminal Complaints Allege One of Victims Was Exploited For Nearly Ten Years.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Bangor, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Andrew Grivois, 34, of Presque Isle, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute bath salts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: St. Thomas, USVI- Ashemba Frett, 22, of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty today in District Court to encouraging and inducing aliens to illegally enter the United States, United States Attorney Ronald W. Sharpe announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - To celebrate our National Park’s Centennial, today, Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 4680, the “National Park Service Centennial Act." The bill will prepare National Parks for a second century by maximizing private donations and establishing a National Park Foundation endowment.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Had Targeted St. Louis Area Women.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Batesland, South Dakota, man convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person was sentenced on Feb. 29, 2016, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Memphis, TN - A woman has been sentenced to 72 months for submitting fraudulent federal income tax returns that defrauded the government of more than $700,000. Edward L. Stanton III, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and Tracey D. Montaño, Special Agent in Charge of IRS-Criminal Investigation, announced the sentence today.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement to commemorate World Wildlife Day...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Crystal Yvette Martinez, 25, and Tina Marie Trevino, 24, both of Brownsville, have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions related to the distribution of methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Martinez was convicted Nov. 19, 2014, following a two-day trial, while Trevino pleaded guilty Nov. 5, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Healthy Adams County, Gettysburg National Military Park, and numerous community partners invite you to our first Annual Adams County "Come Walk With Me" event, April 30 from 2 pm - 5 pm at the Gettysburg Middle School Stadium. The rain date is May 1 at the same time.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced that Randel Branscum, 56, a former chief deputy and jail administrator with the Stone County Sheriff’s Office in Mountain View, Arkansas, pleaded guilty late yesterday to violating the civil rights of a prisoner when he instructed two other inmates to beat...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: The Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today that George W. Holliday, Sr., 46, of Alton, Illinois, was sentenced on March 1, 2016, to 72 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, Possession With Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine, and Obstruction of Justice (for concealing a firearm).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today hammered home the need to get trade enforcement right from the start, by taking the time to ensure foreign trading partners live up to their commitments in trade deals, in a committee hearing today.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security showed off its canine program during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Thursday. Members were able to see handlers and dogs provide demonstrations on how to detect weapons, currency, explosives and agriculture products.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: In San Antonio today, 58-year-old Cornelia V. Hurling was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for her role in misappropriating veterans’ benefits announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Leszek Budzyna, 50, a citizen of Canada, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with attempted alien smuggling and making false statements. In addition, Monika Gondek, 47, and Jerzy Mariusz Madej, 54, both of Poland, were...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -New River Gorge National River is one of 25 national parks selected to receive a 2016 Active Trails grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. Through a unique partnership with Active Southern West Virginia, this grant will bring a multitude...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: BOSTON - A Harvard-trained mutual fund manager was convicted today in connection with a scheme to use a mutual fund’s money to issue fictitious loans.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Defendant Accepted Over $150,000 in Bribes From Operators of Unlawful Bitcoin Exchange.
